Is Your RV Dangerously Overweight?

Above, desert camping near Kingman, Arizona. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

RV Travel has posted an article that asks, "Is your RV dangerously overweight?"

Many people stow in their rigs essentials and non-essential things. Do they cause the RV to exceed its weight capacity? A lot of people don't even know what their rig's weight capacity is. I don't. I would have to look it up in the owner's manual.

One of these days, for the fun of it, I'll take my motorhome down to the Flying J travel center and weigh it on their scale.

The RV Travel article starts with:

Is your RV dangerously overweight? Do you know its real cargo carrying capacity? One of the things I’ve noticed in my daily RV reviews column here on RVtravel.com is that a lot of RVs can be significantly overweight without much effort. Whether that be a motorized rig or a towable, overloading has been a big problem. Unfortunately, the manufacturers are seeming to do more to avoid the problem than to correct it. 

In fact, sometimes I wonder if it’s being purposely hidden. 

The bad thing is that your life can be in danger and you may not even know about the risks.

To read more, go here.